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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Amelia Gentleman

‘I’m part of this country’: Windrush man left homeless by Home Office inaction

George photographed by a brick wall. He is wearing a grey woolen jacket and a black top underneath
George Campbell travelled to the UK from Jamaica as a nine-year-old and has resided here ever since. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

A Windrush generation man who arrived in Britain as a child 60 years ago has spent several months homeless and destitute, after officials questioned whether he had the right to live in the UK.

George Campbell, 69, ended up staying in a bus shelter in east London and visiting food banks after he was discharged from a hospital stay last year. Because he had no paperwork proving that he was in the UK legally, council officials classified him as ineligible for state-funded homelessness support.

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